Though some of us are still trying to shake off the buzz and excitement accumulated around IFA 2013, others are already moving on, and Sony may very well be one of them. Whether that's because of the rather cold reception at the unveiling of the new Sony flagship, or it simply showcases the steel resolve of the Japanese company as it moves to fulfill its ambition of conquering the smartphone market is anybody's guess.

A fitting tribute to Sony's war effort is the oft cited mini version of the Xperia Z1. And this is no coincidence – if the rumors turn out to be true, the Xperia Z1 mini, which you can see in purple above, will be the third rather unique phone in Sony's holiday portfolio. This is because, as our most faithful will already know, the Xperia Z1 mini is expected to come packing some unheard of hardware for a compact spin off of a flagship. Namely, while the phone's diagonal and resolution will go down to 4.3 inches and 720x1280, respectively, the compact version of the Z1 is said to pack the same muscle its bigger brother does – a Snapdragon 800 SoC and 2GB of RAM, along with Sony's 20.7MP superstar of a camera.

There are skeptics, of course, and for a good reason – that much processing power, combined with the more efficient 720p screen will undoubtedly crown the Sony Xperia Z1 mini the king of performance, despite its conservative body. And while great performance never hurt nobody, in this case we've got to ask ourselves whether we're slipping into the domain of wishful thinking. Unfortunately, if the source has it right, we might have to wait for a while until we know for certain -- the announcement of the Xperia Z1 mini is suggested to take place during CES 2014 in January.

Father and Son. Both looks great honestly this time Sony did a great job with Xperia Z1 and we have to admit that great build quality, Great camera and Excellent screen technology. I saw the 1080p video of Xperia z1 in YouTube and the camera test by other reviewer that used to bash and hate Sony Xperia\'s line and he admit that Xperia Z1 it\'s one of the best phone and best camera phone that ever used WELL DONE Sony.

These look like fake renders. Looks at the purple z1 and mini, there\'s some artificial shading on the z1 and the mini. If this were real, the part of the ceiling that was darkening the z1 would also appear in the mini, but instead those shaded lines are parallel from each other (side-by-side, just on different phones). If I had to guess, either somebody made these just to see what kind of hype they could come up with (self-gratifying bastards who like to tease) or Sony hired someone to make these renders to analyze the amount of hype they can gather up from a mini version of their new \"flagship\" device. Either way, it all comes down to the consumers reaction on whether or not they decide to follow suit behind Samsung on the \"mini\" train. If anything, they should go Nike in this peice and \"just do it\", I mean, they do have the funds for it after all. >.>

Oh yeah? So name one mini version of a flagship device. Not some model that had the same design language, but an actual official mini version. If you are unable too, then it\'s best to bite your tongue and keep your mouth shut, otherwise you make yourself to come off as well, purely opinionated. Fancy way of saying that you\'re immature buddy.

naah, I don't really believe so much this rumour. Usually Sony shows a new flagship in CES but with the Z1 so fresh, I doubt that we will see any serious flagship from Sony this year. And I presume the Z1 mini will be on the market just before the holiday season which will both give the Z1 a good head start and it will try to lure customers away from iPhone 5S that look for a compact premium device.

Truly a Beast in a small body. This is what Sony does, making it a perfect mini not like Sammy or HTC. But..but..but.. I want 4.5" or 4.6" screen size for this mini and CES Jan 2014 is too far and I can't wait, please announce and release it early Sony. :)

Sony is killing me. Which one should I buy? Theres the Z1 and the Z1 mini. Then rumors of the Z2 being revealed at CES 2014. I have the Z, so I was waiting for the Z1. Its not even out in the market and they show us the Z1 mini, then rumors of Z2.

Good going Sony-making nice flagships, then complementing them with awesome mid-rangers and also announcing even better successors of the those top dogs.
Even though I dont have any exact numbers, if they continue like this, I see Sony edging past HTC to be the #2 after samsung.

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